On 7 Sep 2009, at 09:55, vhaerun vh wrote:
> Here's a link to the question I asked on SO:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1383470/why-is-this-running-like-it-isnt-threaded
>
> I'm executing the calls using backticks.

Backticks are blocking calls which return the entirety of their stdout  
as a single string on completion of the subprocess.


Ellie

Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
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raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason